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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2005
Martin T. Moore, Somerville, MA (US);
Brian D. Goodman, Norwalk, CT (US);
Frank L. Jania, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James K. Kebinger, Somerville, MA (US);
Martin T. Moore, Somerville, MA (US);
Brian D. Goodman, Norwalk, CT (US);
Frank L. Jania, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
James K. Kebinger, Somerville, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A solution for managing a set of collaborative contacts is provided. Each collaborative contact includes one or more collaboration capabilities, each of which corresponds to a unique collaboration tool (e.g., voice over IP, instant messaging, email, and/or the like). Identifying text can be used to search the set of collaborative contacts and obtain a set of candidate contacts. An availability status for each collaboration capability of each candidate contact can be requested and a display can be generated that includes the set of candidate contacts. In one embodiment, the display can include an indication of the collaboration capabilities for one or more of the candidate contacts, and/or the availability status for one or more collaboration capabilities. A user can use the display to request a collaboration session between the user and one or more of the candidate contacts.